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LONDON, (Reuters) – Usain Bolt should concentrate  on retaining his Olympic 100 and 200 metres titles before  considering a move into other events, nine times Olympic  champion Carl Lewis said yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago batsman Runako Morton and Leeward Islands all rounder, Tonito Willet, were released from police custody yesterday after the West Indies Players Association met conditions for their bail on drug related charges.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Silencing Kieron Pollard will be winning half the battle when England, the architects of  their own predicament, take on West Indies today’s  must-win World Cup Group B match in Chennai.

The National Park is the favourite haunting ground for many persons not least of all some of the nation’s finest athletes.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A disappointed Trinidad and Tobago captain Daren Ganga says changes will have to be made to the side following another inept batting which led to a 29-run defeat to Leeward Islands on Monday.

The Guyanese pair of Neil Williams and Devon Clements continues to grab the headlines in Trinidad and Tobago with their batting exploits.

West Indies allrounder Kieron Pollard jumped 15th places to a career-best 73rd in the latest Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Batting Ranking following his violent 94 of 55 balls against Ireland in Mohali last week.

Ground conditions last Sunday again caused problems for some players participating in the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) 10/10 softball tournament at the Diamond Ground  forcing the games to be stopped by the National Democratic Council (NDC).

Players from Georgetown and its environs are set to pay tribute to the late former junior national player Kevin Lawrence on March 26, when the Ravens Basketball Club hosts a one-night extravaganza in his memory at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

INDIAN WELLS, California, (Reuters) – World number  two Roger Federer and Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic  each stormed into the fourth round of the Indian Wells ATP  tournament with lop-sided victories yesterday.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Javier Hernandez  enhanced his burgeoning reputation with two predatory goals to  lift Manchester United into the Champions League quarter-finals  with a 2-1 win over Olympique Marseille yesterday.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – The Miami Heat banished memories  of their worst loss of the season by returning the favour to the  San Antonio Spurs in a 110-80 thrashing of the NBA leaders on  Monday.

Several of Guyana’s former cycling stars, including Olympians, came together last Saturday when the Guyana Cycling Association of North America held  an innovative cycling reunion and  fundraiser  at the Woodbine Ballroom in Brooklyn, New York.

Albion No.1 defeated Rollers of New Amsterdam in the final of the Volleyball ‘B’ competition organized by the Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) last Sunday.

There  are as many permutations to settle the qualifiers for next week’s  knockout, quarter-finals stage of the World Cup as to baffle a football pools  addict but the West Indies know just what they must do to claim their place.

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) and elections of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) had to be postponed Sunday last but a new date has not yet been  scheduled.

The sixth Annual Victory Valley Royals Schools Basketball Championship is set to be officially launched on Friday in Linden at the LEND Building (formally LEAP).

Physically challenged cyclist Ian Jackson pedalled his way to victory in the second leg of the third annual Dr.

The West Indies selectors made a bold move to draft in Devendra Bishoo.

Milerock suffered a heart shattering defeat at the hands of Suriname’s Inter Moengotapoe when they clashed in their first round Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championships at the Mackenzie Sports Complex Ground on Sunday.